16 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
1
Parks of Blaine leaves Beale for Brady while Johnson of Oneida and Speaker French quiz airship for Pocatello. Chandler of Clearwater switches to leader, signaling a lineup change among local men.
Boise January 16 former Governor James H Brady of Pocatello moved ahead in the senatorial contest by four votes while Chief Justice James F Airshie held steady with net gains of two. Several county delegates shifted to Brady with others leaving Ailshie or Beale. Absentees Nihart and Rosevear remain away and further changes are expected with a possible break in the deadlock tomorrow or Saturday.
George Stump testifies before the senate campaign committee that his dead brother Charles signed a document admitting he disposed of certain Standard Oil letters to Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Mooney of the New York Journal for a consideration. He says the statement was prepared in the Standard Oil New York office and that two letters Archbold claimed were returned could not be identified. The witness notes Charles Stump is dead and his brother-in-law Charles Blumeling is living, and alleges Blumeling sought money from the Journal for the letters.
In a brief House debate Bonner of Bonner silenced Healy of Owyhee during discussion of a senate measure at the request of Twin Falls delegates. The bill would amend the water users' association law to avoid a majority quorum. Healy protested the rule suspension as not yet printed, while Bonner countered that House bill No 1, the pay road measure, had not drawn such opposition.
Senator Baldridge of Canyon County introduced a bill to fix pay for election judges and clerks at 2.50 dollars per day and constables at 2.00 dollars per day. The measure also limits service at polling places to two days, replacing the current 4.00 dollar pay and no day limit. He argues the law is needed amid many elections.
New York faces massive labor action as about 200,000 garment workers strike for higher pay and better conditions while 15,000 waiters threaten to quit. Yonkers streetcars halt and firemen in the eastern region vote to strike after a week of talks. Industrial Workers organizers Giovannitti and Flynn led two speeches amid the dispersing crowds.
Savannah reports a Virginia legislator’s commissioner traveling to Cumberland Island for the burial site of Colonel Light Horse Harry Lee. Despite objections from the Georgia DAR, consent has been secured to move the remains back to Virginia.
The second battalion of the Fourteenth U S infantry arrived from Montana to garrison Fort Lawton Seattle Colonel R B Wilson named post commander and will lead the force into the new assignment
Boise January 16 A state representative from Ada introduces a bill to amend section 6957 of Idaho penal codes. The measure would ban boxing exhibitions and any fist contests with a minimum one year imprisonment, adding a minimum term to existing maximum penalties.
Vancouver reports an inquest into the Chesapeake disaster found that remaining passengers in their staterooms were neglected by crew members who failed to call them. Key testimony came from John Coble and Chief Engineer Louis Price about the wrecked steamer in the port of Vancouver.
George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago, warned the House Money Trust Committee that current money and credit concentration threatens the nation. He opposed interlocking directors, saying he has always resisted the practice. Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Company testified on handling large bond issues as hearings extended.
Detective James A. Watson was wounded by a highwayman during a payroll snatch at No 413 East Thirty sixth street New York. The victim and three other detectives pursued the bandit who left a blue felt hat a handkerchief and a tan raincoat on a fence while fleeing in a hail of bullets. The bandit escaped with the payroll satchel containing 3500. the injured detective and the bank messenger Peter Plunkett of Union Exchange National Bank were involved in the violent confrontation.
General Chri ano Castro appeals from New York immigration authorities who barred him from entering the United States. Secretary Nagle will review the special board of inquiry ruling that Castro's refusal to answer questions about the Paredes assassination amounts to admission of committing a crime of moral turpitude or obstructing officials. The case is expected to reach the courts, potentially deciding new legal questions.
Duragao Mexico January 16 rebels move north and east sacking San Lucas and Las Jas burning parts of towns. Bridges on the international railway toward Torreon destroyed. Trains at Calatona burned. traffic suspended. No word on a plot to release General Felix Diaz in Vera Cruz.
President Taft plans a several day absence from Washington starting with a Clover Club dinner in Philadelphia tomorrow night. He will then attend a New York dinner honoring Cornell president Andrew D. White, spend Sunday in New York, and travel to New Haven Monday for a Yale University corporation meeting.
Founders Day, the 108th anniversary of the institution, was observed in Columbia South Carolina with a program of exercises. Addresses were delivered by Charles Francis Adams of Boston and Dr Walter S McNeill of Richmond.
Wheat futures for May closed at 9454 percent with gains noted in the weekly market update from Chisago dated January 16. The report highlights price movement and closes amidst steady demand signals.
In Seoul on January 16 the trial of 106 Koreans charged with conspiring to kill Count Terauchi resumed. Three witnesses testified to support the defense, a police inspector denied torture, and a missionary doctor found the prisoners in good health. The defense argued that if prisoners' prior statements before the public and missionaries are not credited, other statements should be dismissed as well. The court's competence ruling is set for January 20.
In St Petersburg on January 16 the emperor ordered Grand Duke Michael, brother of Nicholas, to surrender property and duties after marrying without the emperor’s consent. The Chevalier guards command is reduced and estate administration moved to the imperial court, signaling disapproval of the marriage to Madam Sheeimetiaovakaiaia.
The house currency reform committee heard G M Reynolds and W A Nash testify on proposed banking and currency law changes. Chairman Glass said later input would be sought from businessmen, farmers and laborers.
New Orleans and several Louisiana cities elected mayors and commissioners on January 16 in preparation for the commission form of government. Since New Orleans adopted the plan recently there has been a state-wide movement in favor of the system.
Boise January 16 The Idaho supreme court denied J B Letters writ of habeas corpus for a fictitious draft conviction. The court explained the indeterminate sentence act sets a legal minimum and maximum, with life or long terms fixed by law and a six month minimum when none is set, preserving prison release determinations.
Dr Thad C Lowe, noted scientist and inventor, died at his Pasadena home today. He had been nearly helpless for a year after a fall that fractured his hip. His daughter’s residence was the scene of the death.
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